50 Unhealthiest Desserts on the Planet

Whether you crave a chunky chocolate chip cookie, a warm mug cake, or a creamy gelato post-dinner, there's a multitude of unhealthy desserts littering supermarket shelves. While it's OK to indulge in your sweet tooth every once in a while, doing so regularly can lead you to pack on the pounds and put yourself at risk for metabolic diseases, especially when you choose some of these overly indulgent desserts we rounded up.

If you're hankering for something sweet after dinner, "choose a dessert that contains zero artificial sweeteners, less than 10 grams of added sugars, and no more than 150 calories," Jim White, RD, ACSM Health Fitness Instructor, tells us. If it has 3 grams of fiber and more than 5 grams a protein, that's a bonus." All of the store-bought picks we included here contain either more than 150 calories or over 10 grams of sugar per serving—but the majority fit into both categories. We divided them into categories of ice cream, candy bars, frozen cakes and pies, cookies, and packaged pastries. Steer clear and choose a scoop of healthy ice cream instead—or go the homemade route. White likes yogurt with fruit, a banana with dark chocolate and almond butter, or a homemade protein bar with dried cranberries, oats, whey protein, and cocoa for his after dinner treat.

Now, here are the 50 unhealthiest desserts.

Ice Creams

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Talenti Coconut Almond Chocolate Gelato

Talenti describes this flavor as taking your best friends on vacation. Whether you're trying to slim down before a tropical escape or looking for some comfort food on the couch, this caloric pint shouldn't be your pick.

Blue Bunny Load'd Sundae Bunny Tracks

This frozen dessert is just not worth it. Blue Bunny manages to pack in a meal's worth of calories and more than two days' worth of added sugars. Instead, reach for Blue Bunny's Caramel Mini Swirls. They're similar to the King Cones you grew up with, but come in a smaller portion with a hint of caramel—clocking in at just 140 calories and 12 grams of sugar.

Haagen Dazs Dulce de Leche Cookie Squares

You'll find a full day's worth of saturated fat and sugar in these dulce de leche ice cream squares. If you want something cold and swirled with caramel, go for Enlightened's sea salt caramel bar, which contains just 80 calories, 1.5 grams of fat, and 5 grams of sugar—not to mention, 7 grams of muscle-maintaining protein!

Tillamook's Double Nutty Peanut Butter Ice Cream

With your full day's worth of heart-harming saturated fat and 90 more milligrams of sodium than a small order of McDonald's fries, you're better off skipping this pint and indulging in Enlightened's chocolate chip peanut butter pint instead.

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Häagen-Dazs Peanut Butter Salted Fudge Ice Cream

Peanut butter can be a wonderful weight-loss food, but it happens to sabotage every ice cream pint on this list of unhealthiest desserts. Häagen-Dazs adds 24 grams of sugar per serving to its pint, and it also boasts a seriously high fat content.

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Magnum's Double Caramel Bar

This double caramel ice cream bar by Magnum is the ultimate treat: it's filled with luscious caramel and gooey chocolatey coating, and then smothered in a cracking milk chocolate shell for both creamy and crunchy textures. However, indulging in this frozen dessert will set you back 270 calories and 17 grams of fat. Go for Magnum's mini version instead.

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Magnum Ice Cream, Dark Chocolate Raspberry

If you think you're making the smart choice by choosing a fruity ice cream, think again. Magnum manages to pack in 26 grams of sugar and 15 grams of heart-harming saturated fat into this raspberry chocolate tub. Down the whole pint, and you'll ingest a staggering 960 calories, 42 grams of saturated fat, 1.5 grams of trans fat, and 72 grams of sugar!

Candy Bars

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Hershey's Cookie Layer Crunch Triple Chocolate King Size Bar

This king-sized bar is layered with milk chocolate, chocolate cookie bits, and chocolate creme—which all amount to over a day's worth of sugar and almost triple the amount of saturated fat than what's in a Snickers bar.

Milka Chocolate Bar Oreo Bar

Riddled with sugar, inflammatory palm oil, and artificial flavors, we see no reason to unwrap this Oreo-studded chocolate bar. Go ahead and dunk an Oreo into milk if you're craving cookies and cream flavor.

Reese's Crunchers

Munch on these for dessert, and you'll ingest about half a day's worth of saturated fat and sugar. Why not post-game your dinner with a tablespoon of real peanut butter? Not only will you save about 100 calories, but you'll also nourish your body with more heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and save yourself from 17 grams of added sugars!

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Caramel M&M's

Just when you thought M&Ms couldn't get any richer, the confectioner decided to crank the sugar up a notch in the form of infusing the chocolate bites with a caramel center. If you're craving the classic combo, go for a square of Alter Eco's Dark Salted Burnt Caramel bar with 70 percent cocoa.

Edwards Turtle Pie

This decadent cake found in the freezer section starts off with a chocolate cookie crumb crust and piles on rich caramel, chocolate, pecans, and whipped crème rosettes. These layers will cost you a full day's worth of saturated fat and nearly eight teaspoons worth of sugar.

Sara Lee Chocolate Creme Pie

Besides for the absurd calorie and sugar contents, we hate to see sugar as the first ingredient and hydrogenated palm oil—a source of inflammatory saturated fat—as the third ingredient in this chocolate creme pie recipe.

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Toblerone Chocolate Cake

Your favorite pyramid-shaped chocolate turned into a layered cake? Sounds like something dreams are made of—however, one look at the nutritional panel deems otherwise. When the craving for Swiss chocolate hits, just indulge in one triangle of the original Toblerone for just 46 calories and about 5 grams of sugar. Not bad for a post-meal dessert, if you ask us.

Edwards Georgia Style Pecan Pie

All of Edwards' frozen dessert pies are caloric landmines, but this Georgia Style Pecan Pie takes the cake—er, pie—when it comes to the worst desserts on the planet. If you indulge in a slice every day for just one week, you could expect to tack a full pound onto your frame. Sorry Edwards, but we're not falling for your southern charm.

Marie Callender's Southern Pecan Pie

Another southern favorite, this pecan-studded dessert is brimming with calories, fat, and sugar. Although the serving size is a bit larger than the other Marie Callender's desserts on this list (⅛ of a pie rather than 1/9), this crispy pecan pie still gets the red light because of its outrageous calorie count.

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Edwards Key Lime Pie

A staggering 44 grams of sugar—the equivalent of over three heaping tablespoons of maple syrup—sneak into this key lime pie. If you want the tart, refreshing taste of key limes, go for Icelandic Provisions key lime skyr yogurt, which is thick, creamy, and way more satisfying with 15 grams of protein.

Cookies

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Mega Stuf Oreos

The standard Oreo serving size is three cookies—however, Nabisco rounded it down to two cookies for these Mega Stuf Oreos. They carry more vanilla creme than the Double Stuf Oreos, which means 5 more grams of sugar and 2 more grams of fat. Go for the Oreo Thins instead—four of them clock in at just 140 calories and 12 grams of sugar.

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Nana's Chocolate Chip With Walnuts Cookie

Note that Nana's serving size is for just half a cookie—sneaky, huh? Even if you muster enough willpower to bite into half and save the rest for another day, Nana's cookies don't come in resealable packages, so you're basically doomed to eat the entire thing. The whole cookie will cost you 420 calories and 22 grams of sugar worth of damage.

Nabisco Chips Ahoy Original Chocolate Chip Cookies

Instead of dunking these chocolate chip cookies into milk, make your own at home. Using a nutritious base such as almond flour and tossing in dark chocolate, concoct a dessert with benefits! You'll save yourself from vegetable oil, high fructose corn syrup, and artificial flavor that's found in Chips Ahoy's recipe.

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Mrs. Fields Semi Sweet Chocolate Chip Cookies

These extra-sweet chocolate chip cookies have more than twice the amount of saturated fat as a small order of McDonald's fries and are littered with added sugars. Instead, go for Mrs. Thinster's chocolate chip cookies. Five of these crunchy cookies pack in less sugar and calories than just one of Mrs. Fields' treats!

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Pillsbury Ready to Bake! Big Deluxe White Chunk Macadamia Nut Cookies

These white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are ready in minutes and are beyond easy to overeat. It's highly unlikely you'll stick to the single cookie serving size. Go one cookie overboard, and your dessert will clock in at 340 calories and 28 grams of sugar—yikes!

Packaged Pastries

Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes

Anyone who has ever unwrapped a Hostess cupcake knows they can't stick to just one. In fact, the chocolate treat with creamy filling usually comes in twos. Unwrap two, and you'll ingest 320 calories and 36 grams of sugar.

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Entenmann's Jumbo Iced Honey Bun

Don't be fooled by this bun: the nutrition label is only for half the bun, so while it might not seem so bad at first glance, double those numbers, and that's how much is in one honey bun. Nearly 500 calories and all that sugar? This one sweet treat you're going to want to leave on the store shelf.

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Entenmann's Rich Frosted Donuts

These cake-style donuts are blanketed with chocolate frosting for the ultimate post-meal experience. Sure, they're extra fudgy and rich—but all that flavor comes from the whopping 20 grams of fat and 17 grams of sugar.

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Little Debbie Cosmic Brownies

These nostalgic, candy-studded brownies were the lunchbox staple of every 90s kid, but shouldn't make it onto your grocery list any time soon. One Cosmic Brownie clocks in at 280 calories and nearly a full day's worth of sugar.

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Little Debbie Cookies and Creme Cakes

These chocolate mini cakes come smothered with vanilla icing and a middle layer of more creme, along with a dusting of cookie crumbles on top. The damage? You'll get 7 more grams of sugar and double plus one more gram of saturated fat than what's in a Snickers bar.

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Entenmann's Chocolate Chip Iced Cake

This golden cake may seem innocent compared to some of the other treats on this list—after all, it's got a sprinkling of chocolate chips and a light mocha icing to top it off. However, it packs in more calories per serving than any other cake in Entenmann's line. Also, we bet you're not sticking to the ⅛ cake serving size, so you're better off skipping this dessert.

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Pillsbury Grands! Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing

Whether you pop these warmly-spiced rolls into the oven for a comforting breakfast or a post-dinner treat, you'll be doing your waistline a disservice. One roll drizzled with cream cheese icing packs in a quarter of a day's worth of belly-bloating sodium in addition to the 22 grams of sugar. Plus, you'll find partially hydrogenated oils, which is a sneaky source of trans fat, in this recipe.

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Entenmann's Cheese Topped Buns

Sweet buns are already a sugar and fat landmine, but when you add creamy cheese filling, expect the fat content to skyrocket. Just one bun packs in 4.75 teaspoons of sugar and just about as much fat as a packet of hash browns from Burger King.

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Betty Crocker Mug Treats Hot Fudge Brownie

At first glance, Betty Crocker's hot fudge mug treat seems like a portion-controlled option, but one glance at the nutrition panel says otherwise. It packs in a whopping 50 grams of sugar—that's two days' worth of the sweet stuff—and the carb equivalent of nearly five slices of white bread.

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